1892–93 Eastville Rovers F.C. season

February 2015 February 2015 Eastville Rovers F.C. 1892–93 Ground Three Acres, Ashley Down, Bristol Bristol & District League 6th Gloucestershire Senior Cup 1st round Bill Rogers (9) 1891–92 1893–94 ffffff ffffff ffffff 000000 000000 The 1892–93 season was the tenth to be played by the team now known as Bristol Rovers, and their ninth playing under the name Eastville Rovers. It was significant in that it was their first year competing in an organised league, when they became founder members of the Bristol & District League (now known as the Western League). Season review Rovers finished in sixth place in the league. They had to a slow start to their campaign, but finished strongly, winning their last four games. There was some confusion surrounding the game against St George on 22 October, which although originally arranged as a league match it was played as a friendly as no referee had been appointed.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000035/18921025/034/0007 Athletics Bristol Mercury 25 October 1892 British Newspaper Archive subscription 12 December 2017 Though the match between Eastville Rovers and St. George on Saturday was a league fixture, it now appears it was altered by consent of both sides to a "friendly" game. Through some misunderstanding a referee was not appointed and the captains arranged that the game should be played on another day. Bristol Mercury, 25 October 1892 League table main WDL WAR TRO STG BED CLE EAS CLI MAN WEL 11 3 2 72 19 10 4 2 66 17 9 5 2 36 22 6 5 5 30 34 6 4 6 25 36 6 3 7 36 40 4 2 10 27 61 3 2 11 19 45 1 4 11 14 51 Warmley Trowbridge Town St George Bedminster Clevedon Eastville Rovers Clifton Mangotsfield Wells City 2 yes complete EAS Robinson, ed. (2006) Match results Bristol & District League 1 October 1892 15:40 GMT Eastville Rovers 1–3 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Mangotsfield Perrin Mangotsfieldα [α] L 8 October 1892 Trowbridge Town 6–2 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Eastville Rovers Laurie F. Everett Hurn G. Everett Rogers Trowbridge 200 F. Crossley (Swindon) L 12 November 1892 Eastville Rovers 2–2β [β] Report (via BNA, subscription required) Warmley Thompson Summerill o.g. King Mackay Ashley Down J. Bloor D 19 November 1892 Wells City 2–2 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Eastville Rovers Coleman McMahon Lovett Yates Wells Sturgess Jones D 26 November 1892 Eastville Rovers 1–2 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Clevedon Taylor Grey Mertens Ashley Down J. Bloor L 3 December 1892 Bedminster 5–0 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Eastville Rovers McCarthy Macfarlane Marshall Griffiths Unknown Ashton Gate Stadium Ashton Gate 1,000 J.R. Riddell L 24 December 1892 Eastville Rovers 3–1 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Clifton Laurie Rogers Unknown o.g. Francis Ashley Down S. Peacock W 26 December 1892 St George 3–1 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Eastville Rovers St George L 21 January 1893 Eastville Rovers 2–2 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Trowbridge Town Unknown Johns Hurn Wakeley Ashley Down J.R. Riddell D 11 February 1893 Eastville Rovers 2–1 Report (via BNA, subscription required) St George Bill Rogers Beverley Unknown Ashley Down F. Gyles W 18 February 1893 Warmley 8–2 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Eastville Rovers Taylor A. Laurie Warmley L 4 March 1893 Clevedon 1–0 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Eastville Rovers Unknown Clevedon L 11 March 1893 Eastville Rovers 5–1γ [γ] Report (via BNA, subscription required) Wells City Horsey Rogers A. Laurie Colman Ashley Down W 18 March 1893 15:35 GMT Clifton 1–3 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Eastville Rovers Unknown Thompson Johns Chequers Ground Kingswood C. Gyles W 25 March 1893 Eastville Rovers 5–2 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Bedminster Rogers W. Thompson Johns Laurie Griffiths Milne Ashley Down J. Bloor W 31 March 1893 Mangotsfield 0–5 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Eastville Rovers Nolan Punter Attwell Horsey A. Laurie Mangotsfield E.B. Nettle W α [α] Eastville Rovers were nominally the home team, but the match was played at MangotsfieldByrne & Jay (2003), p.36 β [β] Game stopped after 78 minutes due to poor light γ [γ] Wells only fielded ten players Gloucestershire Senior Challenge Cup 28 January 1893 First round Eastville Rovers 2–2 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Mangotsfield Rogers Unknown Punter Johns o.g. Ashley Down G. Gay D 13 February 1893 First round replay Mangotsfield 2–1 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Eastville Rovers Unknown Unknown Mangotsfield Mr Deakin L Gloucestershire Junior Challenge Cup First round Fillwood – Eastville Rovers Reserves Filwood L Friendlies First team 10 September 1892 Warmley 2–3 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Eastville Rovers Warmley W 17 September 1892 15:40 GMT St George 4–1 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Eastville Rovers Brown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown St George G. Bloor L 22 October 1892δ [δ] 15:10 GMT St George 2–0 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Eastville Rovers Gerrish Britton St George A. Greenough L 4 February 1893 Bedminster 0–0 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Eastville Rovers Ashton Gate Stadium Ashton Gate 600 D 15 April 1893ε [ε] Swindon Athletic 0–1 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Eastville Rovers The Croft Swindon Frank Crossley W δ [δ] The game against St George on 22 October was originally scheduled to be a league match, but was played as a friendly when it was discovered that no referee had been appointed. ε [ε] Swindon Athletic began the game with eight players, but were brought up to full strength when three substitutes were found.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000264/18930417/017/0006 Football Western Daily Press 17 April 1893 British Newspaper Archive subscription 14 December 2017 Reserves 1 October 1892 Mangotsfield Reserves 2–0 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Eastville Rovers Reserves Mangotsfield L 22 October 1892 Eastville Rovers Reserves 0–4 Report (via BNA, subscription required) St George Reserves Ashley Down L 4 February 1893 Eastville Rovers Reserves 0–3 Report (via BNA, subscription required) Bedminster Reserves Ashley Down L Statistics Friendly matches are not included in this section. + Match recordCompetitionHomeAwayTotalPWDLFAPWDLFAPWDLFABristol & District League8422211482151526166373640Gloucestershire Cup101022100112201134Total9432231692161628186483944 + GoalscorersPlayerGoalsLeagueCupTotalBill Rogers819Laurie505Johns404Attwell303Bob Horsey303Thompson303Taylor202Beverley101Lovett101Walter Perrin101Yates101Unknown112Opposition own goal202 Cumulative record The total cumulative record of Eastville Rovers up to the end of the 1892–93 season is shown below. This is calculated by adding the numbers in the section above to the total games played up to the end of the previous season. Friendly matches are not included in this table, and games held at neutral venues are considered to have been played away from home. + Match recordCompetitionHomeAwayTotalPWDLFAPWDLFAPWDLFABristol & District League8422211482151526166373640Gloucestershire Cup40225996031918136252427Total12444262317818344429125126067 References Bibliography Byrne Stephen Jay Mike Bristol Rovers Football Club: The Definitive History 1883–2003 2003 Tempus Stroud 0-7524-2717-2 Robinson Michael Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006 2006 Soccer Books Cleethorpes 978-1862231443 Category:Bristol Rovers F.C. seasons Eastville Rovers